#BCB16E#BCB16E

#BCB16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.088 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB16E
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -5.74, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 36.11, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0155 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.088 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2765, 43.2626, 21.0304)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB16E #6E79BC

analogous

#BC8A6E #BCB16E #A0BC6E

triadic

#BCB16E #6EBCB1 #B16EBC

tetradic

#BCB16E #6EBC8A #6E79BC #BC6EA0

square

#BCB16E #6EBC8A #6E79BC #BC6EA0

split-complementary

#BCB16E #6EA0BC #8A6EBC

monochromatic

#786F37 #A2964B #BCB16E #CFC898 #E3DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB16E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB16E	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.088 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c898',
    500: '#bcb16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb16e;
$custom-light: #d1c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB16E

secondary

#B3B8D2

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB16E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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